Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1923, Page 2

2 _— = GERMANS ASK END OF RHINE BARRIERS Beg France to Lift Restric- tions Placed on Occu- pied Territories. “Exa Bishop THE EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. . TUESDAY, DECEMBER ts Christmas In Plea for Cathedral Message io Natic» Says Holiest of Inci-| dents, “Too Mysterious to Fathom,” Is World’s Inspiration. Ri. Rev. Jumes Freemun. Bishep ' of the Episconul Diocese of Washing- LONDON man governmen eated te the Biitish detuils of the y Paris und Brussels requestin fioation of the existing resime in the occupted territory. The German a include of traffic commerce between the occupi unoccupied territories, with i moval of hindrances to railway munication, abolition of export and im- port licenses and the equalization tarifts. The communic necessity of , large stabilized currency Area. with a view to paper money issued by Further it asks reinstatement « Rhineland shipning and the tion of immunity for men reichstag and federal p gether with independence 1t is understood A similar communi government v On the subject of 1 wilitation of raflway traffic the comuinunication says what really is needed®to relieve the congestion is the recull of all the German railwayimen. wha alone un- aerstand the comples railway sys- tems. It argues that reviva economic life depends upon the curity of person und of property, and hence it is necessary to reinstate the authorities and officials and to protecs them in the exercise of their duties which include the collection of taxes which are badly n OWIHE to the increase of unemplovment und dis- tress. READS NOTE TO POINCARE. cember v oseminy omn ment fall inted in modi- urparlers i facilitation com- Iso urges the dlits the redeeming and aj occupicd the munes free mp- the for res ny delivered ation 1o the Italian Reply to German Communication Is Reserved. By the Associated P PARIS. Decentber Atienc: von Hoesch, the German charge d'aflaives, @delivered to Premier Poincare last night A ten-page tvpewritten memurundum setting forth in detail the German gov sroment’s viewp the follw questions: The econom occupied and ur dues levied, entry into oceupi torTy. currency of the Rhenish phaiian Bank. navization of the Rhine, raiiroad traffic and questions bearing on the general administration and in- ternal legislation of the occupied te tory. lations betw upied territ Reads Note to Polucare. Herr von Hoesch read over the doci- ment to M. Poincare. who interrupted | several times with a request that th GGerman charge explain the exact bear- ing of certain pussuges. At the com- lusion the premicr suid he his answer until he shou ful examination ¢ aspects, He will get in touch with Jaspar. the Belgiun foreign min today, so that a uniform reply may be nade. The note entirelv concerned nomic and administrative questions arising out of the occupation ef thé | Ruhr and mentioned in no wav the | general problem of repurations Wants Cantoms Removed. Although the exact terms of the memorandum are withheid, the pres- ent impression in authorized circies | Is that Germany's object 15 to seek | o have the customs barrier removed | from between the unoccupied ana | occupied territory and dues on everything entering ui apicd ter- ritory from the occupieml zone. except foodstufls, abolished. Germany also wishes to have a hand in any solu tion of the currency question that may be attempted and to be rep sented In the organization of Rhenish Westphalian Bunk The German government the reinstatement the officials and the of German railromd hunds and river boatmen, with the object of intensirving traffic, Both on land and the waterwas TWO SERVICES HELD. Holy Communion Marks Observ- ance at Epiphany Church. The Epiphany Protestant E; Ghureh observed Christmas with two | services today, one at 8 o'clock and the other at communion { Rev. Dr. H. Lubeck of k preached the | sermon at the latter service, u for his text the fifteenth verse second chapter of St. Luke's. H The midnight holy communion was | oelebrated last night, the Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Hishop of Wash Ington, officiating. The attendance! WaE one of the largest in the church's history, it being estimated that more than 1,600 persons were present. At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon | #he Bplphany choir was present at the turning on the lights of the White House Christmas tree hy Pregident Coolidge and sang several carols. BUDGET OF JAPANESE DOUBLED IN DECADE Minister of Finance Gives Alarm- ing Figures on Increased Taxation. note in asks for picopal | £ the | i i 1 | { i TOKI0, December 25.—Junnosuke Tnouye, minister of finance, who was governor of the Bank of Japan until he joined the Yamamato cabinet and &s such fwade a close study of Japa- nese finances, gave some intevesting figures on the increase of the em- pire’s expenditures in a recent ad- dress before the conference of prefec- tural governors. ‘Compared with the budget of 1912, he said, “the budget for 1922 showed an increase of two and a half times, the figures for 1922 being 1,501,000.000 Men (about $750,000,000), against 593 000,000 yen for 1912. More remark- able was the increase of expenditure involved in local administration, which reached over 1.176,000,000 yen for 1922, an increase of nearly three and a half times ever 1912, “The burden shouldered by the na- tion in the form of taxes consequent- 1y increased in the decade from 360, 000,000 yen to 734,000,000 yen in na- tional taxes and from 185,000,000 to 598,000,000 yen in local taxes. The amount of both state and local loans also increased remarkably, the for- mer swelling to over 4,357,000,000 ven &t the end of 1922 from about 2,573, 600,000 at the end of 1912, and the latter to over 654,000,000 ven at the end of 1922 from about 360,000,000 at the end of 1912 HOTEL MEN HAVE PLAINT. Places Empty, But They Cannot Close. MUNICH, December 25.—Munich hotel keepers are heavy hearted. They would like to close up, for their houses are virtually empty. but the law provides that if they do they can- not reopen for fifteen years. One well known hotel has twenty- five guests, and employs well over 100 men and women to keep the estab- lishment golng. Others are echoing solitudes during the day and count but & few guests for dinner in the | takes ] “What i xeventy-two { members police and fire departments, ton. todauy ressuge gave the following Christ- rpor the eve of his ol ng tour ef the countr in the ieost of the comp'stion of the aut oual cuthedral. The local puizn ended yesterd:y with copsider- ubly more thin a willion dollars eon- tribut d by ‘the peope of the National Capital Bishop Freeman. nas in his Christmas | messuge. said “The return of the blessed and joy- | ous sewson of Christmas brings once gain before our vision the story of he birth pf Christ. It is inwrought in the dearest und finest things we treasur= in life. 1t has furnished the ' inspira®on of art. of poetry and of the nobler and truer things of domes- tic life. Through the lomg centuries in, the face of apostacy and sin and the horrors of war itself. men have heen suying ome to another. “let us now go oven vnto Bethichem, and see thi- thine which ix come 1o pas “Wonde they behold fis mys- wrr. 100 the mind of men to hors. trvii- wh ™edinm 0" ‘on-unaxe 1o hrase Tith conceming it. their love of irenmsigness at-endinz e homwe- incidents coanected with the ad- of Jesus Christ. has impelied then fer their devotion and to rea the weaninz of the an shecy itie . child shadl e n.' at Bethlehem, under- nding place to the sublimer of taith and reverent adoration the place of co.d admiration The beauty of it commands the devo- tion of the careless and indifferent alike. for as ther mi=ht thr the Benefit to rned and the light-hes <id. find In this Christmas story that which focukes their love. aquickens their thou and_satisfies their deep- est_asnirations. The very mystery of enhances fts siznifleance and ren- it the mosi compelling and fas- cinsting incicent in human history. ‘Our ex li nations of iis. meaning unsatisfying, our theories concern- it divest it of its most appealing aspects, even the bru ters ae 1t attempts tp give it its set- ting and beauty or canvas, Sublime in jts_simplcity. rich in its significance. the The le: °d and the and the voa { unfathomable in its mystery, it stand: the symbol of holiness, the witness that is beyond all our pow- to adequutely comprehend. Once agaiu a tred world turns to behold the Christ Child. Once agaln we lav aside all bitterness and wrath und anger and clamor and evil speuking, with all malice, and, in the spirit of true fraternity and the deepened consciousness of our com- on need, pay homage to Him who for our sakes became poor, thut we, through His poverty, mighe be made rich, ow insignificant and mean seems sll our piled up Inaterial wealth. our proud intellectual con- ceits, our speculations and negations. in the presence of this mighty mys- tery which this anniversary of the birth of Christ proclaims What need what_tragic need. there is today that we should with England's great lau- reate say “Our wilis our own. Our wills are ours, Thine." we know not to make the Away from our strifes and dis- cords. uway from our selfishness und ignoble alries and competitions, away from everything that is petty and mean and Unworthy of our better netures, He is calling us today. “There is cannot find satisfaction -apart from iDANISH CRITIC SCORES TASTE OF AMERICANS Attacks Freud and Berbson and Upholds Einstein as “New- ton™ of His Age. By the Associated Press PARIS. December 25 —4George Bran: des, the Danish critic and essayist. who is visiting Paris, is rather hard on American taste, still critical of Berg- sonian philosophy, and regards Freud as apostle of “obscene mhuman imagi- | nation.” Though in his eighty-fourth vear Brandes is very active. Acked whom he considered the grest- est_thinker of the day, he repiled: “Ein- etein beyond contradiction: he is the Newton of this age. All his conclusions are being. or will be, established. As to Freud. he threw up his hands in w gesture of herror and exclaimed, have such obscene inhuman ons to do With us? Lenve America, where they are said to be very successful, delighting the bluestockings, to whom that country is the chosen tand: Brandes was reminded that when lec- turing once in London he declared that intuition was & quality which should be left to female admirers of Bergson. and that this siatement drew a reproach from the French philosopher's mother, who happened to be in the audience. Brandes says he remains faithful to that opinion. 104 THEFTS ARE CHARGED Police. Round Up 72 Alleged Shop- lifters, Chiely Women. One-hundred and four charges of shoplifting were preferred against persons arrested by of the special force under Detective Kelly during the shopping season, the force consisting of fifteen men and four women The list of per- sons arrested contains the names of fifty-two females and twenty males, forty being colored and thirty-two white. Detective Kelly's report to Inspec- tor Grant shows that thirteen of the persons arrested were under seven teen years, twenty between seven- teen and tasenty-one years and thirty over twenty-one. —_————— CHILDREN GREET SANTA. 73 Industrial Home School In- mates Made Happy. With the jingle of tiny bells on his cap and a broad smile radiating from Dbehind hig white whiskers, Santa Claus' descended in all his glory on the Industrial Home School. near Tenlevtown, last night. To every one of the seventy-three children being cared for there he left a present of some kind and before de- parting he decorated a huge Christ- mas tree. In addition to the iudividual gifts, he left a big viotroln for the enter- tainment of all the children through- out the new year. After partaking of a special Christmas dinner, the little ones were visited during the day by par- ents and relatives. GIVES $100 TO POLICE. Gen. Johnston Sends Check to Maj. Sullivan. Gen. John K. Johnston, - former District Commissioner, today sent to Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintendent of police, a check for $100 to be applied to the rellef fund of the money was sent with compliments imaginatie them t of Gen. Johnston and wife, with the statement that it always is & ure to. contribute to se wo ¢ause, eas- y & cam- | | rvich <h of Raphuel fal- | that within us which | V 1 { | Him. There wre the unsolved prob- |lems. the bitter disappointments, the | broken (ellowshlps, the domestic traged e enervaiing sorrows, the e +d soul dsstreying =ns 1o w orercome sud o 1 fied und houled A to wWhew susll wo xo™ Bx- | ess it in what terms we will, there | S x language of the hewrt tumt the | ips mmy wol w-ticulate that responds | the spiric of Him who wus born on Christhas day, . | Motherhood. the most sacred of wll human relutionships finds its apotheo- sis_in the annal of the Bethlehem story. Blessed indeed among women is the mother of Jesus. To her the world reverently turns as the great- est aumong wdmen. Mary. mother of Christ. what sssoclations group themselves about her blessed person' Corregio, Ruphaek Murillo, yes. all the highest exponents of art come to thin_Bethlehem scene for inspiration and *from it derive the noblest wnd finest expressions of their genius. Motherhood and childhood, what sub- lime and boly thoughts these swaken in the human breast. Even the coarsening and hardening {nfluences of the world that dull and emotions softened and the spell of | ' | chill the ! subdued this holy | that ] wll o ith i fervently old world d sorrows wid sir its hearl mude tendor an wipulses ennobled as with newed reverence and devotion turss to behold the hiessed mother and child of Bethlehem? Rejuvcnnting and Inupiving. “What caré we for .all the con- fusions and disputes of these who would seek to subtract from this holie: of holy incidents that which makes ft altogether the most com- pelling and fascinating, yes the most juvenating and MSpirnR of all re- corded annsls. As we consider our junworthiness we stand abashed be. { fore mother and child We have n lanKuage adequuie to express our verence and devotion. Only angel | choirs are fit to sing His advent song, !“Glory to God in the highest, and on | earth, peace to men of good will “OUr petty system. our conc rning. our most august e into insignificance before the holy f Bethlehen. We retura to it today with rencwed ardor, with quic {ened emotions. with reverant awe. | While it bafles and embarrasses us. it | challenges nud silences all our specula- i tions and negatiouns, it touches the deep- ler and truer things of our nature, it i lighte up with divine radiance the mean- | ing of iife's most racred relationships ; | it makes the high purposes of God more i evident to us. ver. it is Emmanuel, ‘God with us,’ the fullest approximation of what the human mind is capable of | comprehending of divinit: tind d § ve- | 4| i i | | lea | pu scene “How silently, how silently. The wondrous gift is given S0 God imparts to human hearis The blessings of His heavei No ear mar hear Hix coming But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive still, The dear Christ enters in Obh. holr child of Bethiehen * Descend to us. we pray . Cast out our sin. and enter in Be born In us today We hear the Christmas angeis The great glad tidings tell Oh. come to ux, abide with us. Gur Lord Emmanuel i Bishop Freeman embodied the sub- stance of the mbove message in his radio talk broadeast from station WR here last night He spoke briefly at communion services held last midnight at_Epiphany Church, and preached services at the chureh at 11 o'cloc today. %FRENCH MOVIE ACTRESS | LOSES IN DAMAGE SuIT | Brought Action for 100,000 Francs | Against Film Owners for Bur- | lesquing Her Career. Him I ) i i i | | PARIS. December —Qleo de Merode, French motion picture actress, hax lost her suit for 100,000 francs against the owners of the film Peacock Alley,” which she charged injured her reputation by burlesquing incidents in her career. The court held tht the copduct of the dancer represented on the film was_in no way dishonorable and further stated there twas nothing in | the picture which identified Rx“hero- ine with Mile. Merode. In_addition to dismissing the suit the court ordered the actress to pay the film Pproducers 2.000 francs for comts. | it EX-WASHINGTONIAN DIES i Mrs. Sarah Gant Succumbs at Age! or 82 at Lee‘hr;n Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Vi December Mrs. Sarah Gant, aged eighty-two vears, a resident of Washington for twelve years, died here Sunday after a short Hllness. Funeral serv- ices will be held tomorrow at her home in Leesburg. Interment will De_at Leesbur; Mrs. Gant is survived by her son, Charles F. Gant; two daughters, Susan Russ Gant and Phoebe Thomas Gant. Her husband dled several years ago. BURGLARS GET $800. Motor Company Service Station's Safe Robbed. Burglars last- night gained entrance to the service station of the Warring- ton Motor Car Company, rear of the company salesroom. &t 1800 14th street and robbed the safe of $800. The safe was taken from the main floor to the celWr. the door broken from the hinges wxd the money taken. Detectives Cullinane and O'Day ar investigating. They hope to establish the identity of the burglars by finger prints left on the safe. —_— POLO PLAYER DIES. Julian Burrell Huff Succumbs to Injuries in Game. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., December 25. —Julian Burrell Huff.'a member of the Eryn Mawr team, died in Bryn Mawe Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage brought on by injuries received in polo prac- tice several months ago, according to Pphysician: Mr. Hult was forty-one years old. 25— l DRIVER KILLED IN HOLD-UP. CLEVELAND, December 25.—John Rau, fitty-four, driver of & bakery ‘wagon, was shot to death, in an tempted hold-up iate yesterday, by l::l‘e gunm; lv:: ola in. e stolen car. eader, Riready sus- Dected of half a deselt Topberies and ow sous! r murder, is the man the state pardon gotrl ordersd re- leased after he had wserved omly seventy-six days 83 a parele violator, police say. ' @ives Him Plenty. From the New York 8 Wife (the recipiémt of peace ofter- ing gift)—It's 8o nice of you to me this. You're always gt things and I never M‘&-’MM 1ast night you gave me 1 ! 1 ! The of the ¢ Prexident Obregon of Mexico right, tecomp detwees Mexico HOLD WOMAN RIGHT IN SILENCE ON AGE Woman has a perfect right not to tell any one her age, in the opinion of the Central High School Alumni Association, which takes ofiicial cog- nizance this great feminine idio- ®¥ne: tomorrow night st its an- cretofore the roll call of the as: ciation has been by classes. But this system has been doomed. The women did it. They didn't like to stand right up in they belonge that is if graduated years and years ugo. it was rumored that some of more 1ecent graduates, after had been out for only a few were beginning to get sensitive about it It is believed to be among the very few officlal acts of any organized bod of citizens recognizing that women do not like to tell how old they are. Several bLe in attend vaudeville. d they And the they thousands are expected to nce for the program of ancing and refreshments The committee In charge includes Mrs, Selden M. Ely. president of the association; Mre. Willard E. Chamber- lain, Mrs. Bruce Bond. Mrs. Rebecca Rogers. Mre. L. E. Hutchin Chapman and Maj. Randolph Sharw, D. C. SURPLUS REVENUES CLAIM JUST, SAYS PHIPPS, H ADVOCATING HIS BILL (Continued from PFirst Page.) sideration and passed by both hous “For many vears the District of Columbia and the federal government worked under a 50-50 division of ex- penditures for the National Capital | were | District Commissioners limited in their recommendations of expenditures to the amount of rev- enue derived from taxes lévied on the people of the District to pay one-half t of maintenance and de- opment of the Capital city. Over u perfod of years. the Dis- trict of Columbia was making good s deficit_incurred through an excess of expenditures over th: one-half due to be paid on the part of the District from the tax recelpts. Waen that deficit had been overcome. however, the taxation w ntinued on the me basis. The District Commis- oners recommended _expenditures whic enues from taxation. How Taxes Accumulated. “But owing to the exigencies of the world war, public improvements— partioularly the construction of school bulldings and streeté—were not appropriated for to the full amount recommended by the Comm! sicners. Therefore. the taxes col- lected and paid into the Treasury of the United States amounted to consid- erably more than the expenditures. resulting in a larxe uccretion of ex- cerx tax payments. This fully counts for the entire balance which tite District now claims should be expended fnr‘lhe benefit of the Na- onal Capital. e ere appears to be no question but what the arrangenient for a 50-50 plan of meeting the expenditures of the Distriot was & definite and bind- ing agreement on the federal gov- erament, and when entered into the “ongress had no thought but that the federal government would con- tribute equal amounts to those paid for maintenance and improvement by the Distriot residents. The later modification, under which expendi- tures were to be divided between the federal government and the District on & 40-60 busis instead of the former equal division, can have no bearing on the duty of the federal govern- ment to carry out its engagement to pay 60 peér cent of the expenditures | while the 60-50 agreement was in full force and effect. Sees Clatm Justified. Inasmuch as the citizens of the District provided funds with which to pay 50 per cent of the amounts recommended by the Commissioners for expenditures for the public wel- fare said the Col.l:nltl “f-mg““:': ropriate up to e fu m‘;od by taxation and recommended {tor expenditure. there does not seem to be any moral or legal grounds upon which the Congress or any one else could base a contention that the exvess revenues should not be expended for the benefit’ of the Dis- trict. ¥ } Senator Phipps has also been chair- man of the subcommittee of the Sen- ate appropriations committee in chargs of the District appropriation bill and Is_conversant with the needs of the District, particulufly for great- er school fucilittes and for street im- provements. He has taken & keen in- terest in the District and has been in- strumental ia putting through many appropriations for muach needed im- provements. INDIAN AUTHORITY DIES. Mrs. Kate Foote Cos Was Once Capital Resident. NEW HAVEN, Comn., December 2. —Mrs. Kate Foote Coe of Meriden, Conn., an authority on Indian his tory and formeérly a Washington cor- respendent for various publication dled here SBunday. —_— SAN FRANCISCO GROWS. Population Now 579,587, Gain of 71,177 Over 1980. SAN FRANCISCO, December 25.-— ‘The population of San Franolsco within its municipal 1imits 1s 679387, an of 71,177 the federai census sstimate of 1920, according to completed by the San ner, based upon sta- meeting and admit what class | ears, | Thomas | would have absorbed the rev-: ac-| (wenring black h 25, 1923, i § Alaskans Celebrate Has Charn Nutives of foreign lands, from sun- | ny France to the frozen arctic. who are students in Washington's Amer- icanization schools, have written for Miss Maude E. Alton. principal positions describing how Christmas is observed In thelr mother These compositions tell of the quaint Yuletide customs, the superstitions and the feaste in the countries from which the students emigrated, and give some idea as to the progress be- ing made b the alien orn mas- {tering the English languag: The compositions follow, any editing whatever: Christmas in Arctic. “hristmas in the Arctic Dec 1923 “Just before Christmas day we had a Lig polar storm. Nobody could go } out bLecause the temperature was | degrees below zero. We stopped 1 Ithe ice In &3 Latitude and 46 degree: | 3¢ 127 North. Our ship froze in the ice. “The crew was in terror we had no light for m weeks. Wa wished to save our Kerosene sup- ply. In the darkness we could hear the groans of the sick saflors. Bight died during this terrible time “The captain tried to make the homesick sailors happy on Christmas Ll The members of the crew, who were not elck, Including myself, hunt- ed for white bear. We succeeded in getting two white bears and one se; lign. One man was killed by a bear whith was thought to have been kill- ed. country. without 1y Ocean Candles Made of Fat, “While we were hunting our fel- 10w sailors on board were making a Christmas tree from the mast of the lifeboat. With wires branches were made. Candles were made from lion fat. They hung on the impro- vised tree bones of the animals which hed been killed, The rum and whisky which had been saved for many months was divided among the members of the crew. “For dinner we ate bear meat and sea lion meat. We had hard biscuits and garlic and coffee. For dessert we had cranberry sauce. For pres- ents we all received a leaf of tobao- co. The sick members received clgars. “Our own_orchestra furnished a program of Russian music We danc- ed Esquimo dances around the tree nd entertained the sick sailors. N. ASTASHKIN, Nome, Alaska, U.S.A. Christmas In Germany. Christmas—Ceremony in our laza- ‘The week before Christmas was a very busy time in.our lazaret. We wanted our poor wounded soldfers to forget thelr pains, during the holi- days. We decorated a Christmas tree, ry room. ‘On_Christmas eve every one was brought to the big dining room and there was first a religious celebration and the candles on the trees were lit. The little children from the kinder- rten next to our lasaret were rought in after the religious cele- ration. The girls, dressed like angel: anced most beautifully. looked very attractive in rade of the Wooden Soldie: of our convalescent patients played the piano and violin: n came the best part of the ning. _ The - Christmas angels brought presents to the sick soldiers and there were many happy faces. Afterward cake and_ punch _were served by the nurses. We sang many Christmas songs, and the festivitics closed with the Christmas hymn, “Stiile Nacht, Hellige Nacht. “FRIEDA SCHNEEBERGER, “Heldelberg, Germany.” Christmas in my country—Germany In my country when Christmas time s near, about fourteen days before. many men and wemen sell Christmas trees in their parke. The people mo shoppli for presents for their chil- dren and their parents. -On the 2dth ‘of December some-RZ the familx because | blia. In the fighting of the past t railway statlon of Santa Ammericanization Pupils Tell Of Christmas in Native Landsf With Candles Made of Sea Lion Fat—Sunny France ning Day. tree ake colors | rate the . | homemade jof “all | thing: People who have enough money make big cakes and a very fine hot drink with oranges, sugar, ete. For | @fnner ‘they have goose. At midnight on Christmas eve 4 bell |is vung, then the children receiv | their présents and all the candles are | lighted ANTOINETTE ALCANTARA. Munich, Germany. _Christmas in my country—Franc In the sweet country of Lorraine I know a charming place. It is Dun sur Meuss Christmas | portant hol | best friends and we play |rings we o | mass, we pr vinity with little and lit pleces lighted candies other beautiful < one_of its most im- days. We invite all our come to our houses cards. When the bell all together to midnight v and sing for the Di- After we come back with our friends to home, sweet home and a delicious meal ix served. cold chicken, mayonnaise, fruits, cake and hot dyink Sometimes we forget to go to bed and we are still dressed to go to the next da iass. Everybody looks sleepy and talks about the good time they had and plan for the new year. . LOUL ELLISO: Dun sar Meuse (Meuse), France. Celebration fn Greece, Celebrating Christmas in Greece: On 25th day of December we cele- brate for the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Indeed it is our greatest celebrating. On that day every heart is full of joy. There is no room for hate—nothing but love for all. | [ Tvery one appears in ‘his best clothes. That day i% the day of for- giveness and joy. The families rise |early and go to church. While at {chureh some one at the house is pre- {paring a big and beautiful Christmas | reece the custom is to fast for days, beginning from the 14th of November to the 24th day of Decenther. At that period we are not supposed to eat meat, eggs, milk, butter. We eat only vegetables with olive oil. We ecat only two times a week fish, Saturdays and Sundays. In the delicious Christmas dinner on the table vou will find almost evervthing. Meat, fish, cheese, appe- tizers, fruits wines etc. Ridh and poor celebrate on Christmas day. Yes, ‘the poor also on that day. A society provides for the poor. Let us pray to the Almighty God to pro- vide the whole world this year and every year, with peace and prosper- ity. 1 heartily wish merry Christ mas and & happy new vear to all. MARY KUTSIS, Agina, Greece. San Nicolaus day in Germany. <We have on the 6th of Decem- ber a feast, but it is not a great feast, the school children are not free. In the villages- it begins in the evening. Boys and girls have bells and sticks and are very wild. This is not good. In the good famlilies and in the good parts in the city it is not so. ‘There comes to the good children & man with a white costume, a white long beard and a gold stick in_ his hand, ‘and he gives the good children nuts and other presents, but only small presents. But to the bad children comes a man with a black costume, long horns, a long red tongue and red eyes, also chains on the feet and a tail.” He has also & rod. This is the krampus. There is also a third form. A man has a long great coat, great and high shoes and & great rod. This is ever on the evening of the 6th of December. Sometimes are the presents in the hoes or in_ the stocKings of the Midren and laid in the window. This is the San Nicolaus day for nemorium of a bishop, who on the ith of December in Italy gave bread wnd other food to the hungry people. It is to honor him that this fe is held every year on the 6th D cember- la&m DRY SQUAD SEIZES AUTO AND LIQUOR Thomas F. Hennessy Held on Pos. session and Transport- ing Charge: An automobile and twenty-three gallons of alcohol were seized by the dry law enforcement squad of the tenth precinct last night and Thomas F. Hennessy, 608 Rock Creek Church road northwest, arrested w charged with illegal and transporting Revenue Agent Asher, Wolf, st night E. Wardell. fifty-seven, Glh street northwest, on a charge of illegal possession. He reported th zure of one gallon of whisky Detectives Messer and Kane of the first precinet made three arrests for aileged violations of the dry enforce- ment law. They seized an automobile and five pints of whisky in connection with the arrest of Francis M. John- Aaon, 1003 6th street northwest. The other persons arrested were Frank T. Dekowski. 708 I street southwest, and Charles Banks, €09 G street north- west. ~FUNERAL FOR MARINE. ——— Earl C. Baker to Be Buried From Home of Mother. for I United lield Hennessy - possession known Lo Charles arrested ate £ the Corps. will Le at the resid 1362 lrving street terment 1 be national cemeteryl forn in Washington on November 9, 1587, Baker enlisted in the Marine COTps as a drummer boy when but sixteen_ years of age and served in Halti, Vera Cruz Mexico and Santo Domingo. Contracting tuberculosis in the service, he was discharged d awarded permanent and total dis- ability by the United States Veterans' Bureau. He died from this disease Friday of last week. at Gloversville, N. Y He is rvived by his mother, Mrs. Rose G. Baker, and one sister,'Miss Theima Buker o Baker tes Marin at 1:30 tomorrow oh Ris mother. northwast. in- the Arlington in | MODERNIST STAND CALLED DISHONEST | inued_fr The sceptic, the scoffer who is some- what clever in his language. is quite certain to create admiration among an equally shallow type of people, people whose one aim is to be broad, {and one can always obtain greater breadth with a given amount of ma- terial as one increases the shallow- ness. Mysterles of God. But. thank God. we still have many millions of simple, loving, trustful, old-fashioned Christians who belfev that the Bible is the inspired word of God; people who may not be as erudite’ and skilled in the wisdom of this world as are some of the scholars, but who are content to be- ve the things which we must c- cept by faith, on the word of God, use they are too hard for human minds to ‘understand. The virgin birth is one of the unexplainable mysteries of God. but no more dif- ficult than the resurrection or the {doctrine of the Trinity. Behold 1 bring you good tidings f great joy.” No ‘happler message | could have been brought to mankina by the angel than that a Savior and Redcemer was to be born. Ax a Little Can “At different seasons of the vear We think of our Lord under different conditions. Today we think of Him especially as a helpless little child in His mothers arms, and who can ihelp but love the Christ Chid, who, although He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. came to us amid such hum- ble surrcundings? Chiidren who know nothing of the greater significance of His coming love the Christ Child pic tured in the many Madonnas, and we {Who are older share this love, too This alone would be sufficient reason for Christmas joy. if it were not that there is a greater cause for joy. Then, too. this is the season of joy And hap- piness, the time of the year when {there 'is the greatest expression of {peace and good will, and this Christ- mas spirit must influence every one of around us, and see the preparations for this most joyous season of year. But far more important than either of these two reasons, it is the anniversary has come to save us from sin and de- struction, and the love and gratitude and admiration and worship. It truly a day for giving, and in Christ's birth we have recelved the greatest possible gift, “for God so loved the world that He gave His only begot- ten Son, that whos: r believeth in Him should not perish. but have ever- lasting life.” Think of it, God's only Son, sinless and absolutely perfect, given to us for our salvation. Tha: was indeed a gift, greater than all that have been given or will be given jon Christmas day by all the human beings who shall have trodden the face of this earth at the end of the world. What return shall we make for this gift? Birth in Manger. There was no room at the inn for Mary and Joseph, 0 our Lord's birth had to be in a stable. been the fault of the Bethlehemit, or it may have been an accident, still the warning is there for us. ls there to be no room for our Lord and or in the place where He desires to come now, in our hearts? It is a small Christmas gift that He asks from us, only this, lodging in our asks not for Himself, but for u He may dwell in us and that w be one with Him. That is the first obligation in the keeping of Christmas day, we must that we celebrate. That is to be our re- clation for what He has done for us Having done this, we may right- fully join with the heavenly praising God and sing in the highest, and on earth peace. good will toward men,” for with hearts full of love and gratitude for the greatest of all gifts. and Savior Jesus Christ, we shall joy- fully 1ift up our voices'in praise, and the message of the angel will be the echo of a promise which has been fulfilled. ear not; for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For untg you is born this day in the city of !David a Savior which is Christ the Lord. Story of Birth. Dr. Anderson began his sermbn by declaring that “we, the testimony of many centuries Christian practice, are in danger of losing the true significance of the Christmas season.”” He told the story ot Christ's birth, as recounted in the gospel of St. Luke, and said under orn, he: flesh, became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, truly God, and yet truly man. when God camé down from Dr. Anderson, continuing, said that “in the Nicene creed we confess our belief in Jesus Christ, the only be- on of God, begotten of His ::;«'e’: \:efore all worlds'; that He was ‘incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the V‘?r(ln ary and was made man.’ * Declaring that Christ was manhood which has caused some err; “some forget that this & divine nature.” Dwindling! From the New York Sun. Blackstone — Dudiy's seems to be on the wane. er—Yes; he's getting near the ot his private stook] popularity us as we come in contact with those | the of the birth of One who which we feel is merged into wonder is This may have that we prepare for Him a hearts, and this He. may find a place for Him whose birthday turn, our method of showing appre- host lory ‘to God our Lord notwithstanding the hese were the unpretentious circumstances which our Lord and Savior was aven and taking upon Himself our truly God and truly man, the speaker said | that it is the very perfection of His 0 is only his human nature and that there is|® NEW YORK RUM WAR YEILDS RICH HAUL Despite Captures of Ships, However, Smugglers Claim Immense Profits, ¥ the Associnted Pre W YORK. of governmer seat of history operations 3 Dece | war t row slin, since last thrilling comedy stories 1 battle, haul in ships, lique Conservative, unoffic the seizures by coast g and Treasury Depart prohibition agents and policemen de velop the following list Small rum-running speed boats Deep-sea craft 4 Seaplanes Motor vehicles Men. ..., Cases of liquor In addition to th guards caused more th to jettison their carg fifty cases a boat Monetars Loxs £5,000.000. [ Apture ards, custor e monetar t these 2 { througt {at about {Taugh at but “a drop i i i big anchorage of rum-ca lished in the waters south of Amhross lightship last January established t now famous rum row, a_ loca a sirabie for the runners of Long Island as well as for those of New Je Nineteen rum boats. including three steamers, wers ked on the row at the height the January trade and since that time therc has beer aiwaye at Jeast rum carrier { there doing busine- 1 Coast guard bouts campaign against t first month of the craft a hazardous ga Activitiex of Federnl Federal age certed operatio truck runners fell into th ness continued the runner's rank like dug a tures increased in number. increased in volume In the summer mo was employed by the Long Island shore One day the seaplane a forced landing near a station and was captured Some “of the bigger smugglers became vent and were caught close inshore ing wae unfolding two mont when the coast guard rum patrol sighted the British schooner. about the Jersey beach. The through haze, overhaule took her captain and crew BT McCoy, the kir mugglers Palatial Cruiser Captured. A week later the Dragor tial cabin cruiser cquipped w wireless, was captur Sh to have been the i swarm of small run to warn them danger whereabouts ernment craft The latest se the Dutch auxiliar hond. ended the carver port used by “Mannie bootlegger & the shore riva McCoy. Kessler soon is to go to At- to serve for conspiracy a term slate the prohibition laws of taunehed t doze i g Azents. and rich prize smosE nthe a seapl runne for disabled, n M hased e of consequenc the trans An Intolerable Burden. New York T In t eurs joutberak of th jcrease of taxa Ereatest cause of doing 0 owas the v Between the salaries nt, cent In 1914 the New $1.000 worth 1919, ever of $14.74; 9 was even mor. every $1,000 worth of products jum ed from § 1914 to $3 1918, Her we may say, gen erally, taxe all the states, coun ties. municipalities. towns and \ lages—are leaping higher every year In states where there is little m. | tacturing the n o of s { taxes is usuaiiy higher than in indu { trial states, but e where it is hi iTIn some states the cont | up of state und local taxes has ¢ |an irritation that has had at_congressional election 171 the majority f taxation to state ! than 10 per cent. In javerage was 131 per cent. In t | same vear the increase in local tax {levied in forty-one states wus $2 por cent over those of 1812; in 1820 thers was a_jump of 21 per cent from th preceding year; in 1921 another jun of 12 per cent.’ In 1} londar 11521 one-sixth of th, natic fncome was diverted for the support of governmenta bodies in the United States Before. during and after state and local taxation ing. Federal taxation aril pushed up, has heen reduccd sots what, but now constitutes, with the heavy state and local taxation adde to it. an intolerable burden upon the | business and the economic growth of the United States. The federal pa of the burden it is now within t) power of Congress considerahly to lighten. Some part of that burder weighs on evervbody, whether he he tax bills to show it or not. . Tie quick popular acceptance of Necreta Mellon's pian for reducing taxati and stmulating business and indu~ try and the national prosperity sh that the people Know what is hurting them, even if some politicians glass eves and seem 1o see the t that is n pr iy r 9 the genc t Dt | Indian Prefers Red. From the Kansas City Sta The red man's fondness for gaud color schemes has long been knomw but it has remained for Dr. T. 1Garth of the University of Dens o scientifica ascertain th preferences of the Indians southwest. Full biood found to prefer Ted to all other ors. then blue, violet, vellow and jwhite in the listed order. White mor living in the same social and educs tional environment, preferred b jthen green, and then red The education of the red men has little apparent influence upon his fa vorite colors. The squaw braves agreed more clos. the select colors than the whites and 11 Indians did. The full-blood Indiuns were found to be very emphatic in their color preferences, much more than the mixed bloods and t whites. 2 1y in 1 Indians wor —_— Beating the Bandits. From the Kansas City Star, When the telephone was perfected 1it was considered a valuable ally of the police in apprehending escaping Icrimmn] but the automobile has largely spoiled its usefulness, One person can only phone to one place la( ne time. while a bandit in motor car may be going elsewhere i ny direction. Police debartménts ar. {now adopting printing telegraphs an the radio us a supplement to th) phone. Outlying und suburban polig stations are equipped with receivin apparatus, and one operator at 1| central station can flash the descri tion of the fleeing criminal in all rections instantly, laying down barrage of publicitly through wh, 1t s more difficult to escap: